Published December 5, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Aluminum cladding of high T/sub c/ superconductor by thermocompression bonding

  • 1. Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

Description

Thermocompression bonding of aluminum to YBa2Cu3O/sub 7-//sub x/ (YBCO) has been demonstrated. The superconductor is protected by a thin barrier layer of silver. The specific resistivity of the Al/Ag/YBCO interface was measured at 77 K as a function of current density and is below 3.2 x 10/sup -5/ Ω cm2 for electrode current densities of at least 400 A cm/sup -2/ . This technique provides a convenient means of cladding bulk superconducting ceramics with a strong, inexpensive, and highly conductive metal

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
23
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2342-2343
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA